---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study relating to statutory provisions governing certification of site compatibility for electric energy conversion facilities."
description: "Relating to statutory provisions governing certification of site compatibility for electric energy conversion facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1512"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1512 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anna S. Novak"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f823ee90-af7d-42fb-9a1d-d31bc891ed32"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "2dffbc6a93e2f6eb038000bc1e0398f8c8e27d64156bf1eaf15e6028dc1249bd"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nd"]
---

# North Dakota HB 1512 (68) — AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study relating to statutory provisions governing certification of site compatibility for electric energy conversion facilities.

Relating to statutory provisions governing certification of site compatibility for electric energy conversion facilities.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0638-05000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0638-07000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0638-06000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1512 — **92–2** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1512 — **45–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anna S. Novak — primary (person)
- Ben Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Patten — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Kessel — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffery J. Magrum — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Boehm — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Strinden — cosponsor (person)
- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Todd Beard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-02-16** Committee Hearing 10:40
- **2023-02-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** Received from House
- **2023-03-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-10** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2023-03-30** Committee Hearing 09:36
- **2023-03-31** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Returned to House
- **2023-04-05** Signed by President
- **2023-04-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-07** Signed by Governor 04/06 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/10 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f823ee90-af7d-42fb-9a1d-d31bc891ed32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).